Tex. Ins. Code § 2251.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR RATES
APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN SUBCHAPTERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This subchapter and Subchapters B, C, and D apply to:
(1) an insurer to which Article 5.13 applies, other than the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the FAIR Plan Association, and the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association; and
(2) except as provided by Subsection (c), a Lloyd's plan, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, and county mutual insurance company with respect to the lines of insurance described by Subsection (b).
(b) Except as provided by Section 2251.0031, this subchapter and Subchapters B, C, and D apply to all lines of the following kinds of insurance written under an insurance policy or contract issued by an insurer authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state:
(1) general liability insurance;
(2) residential and commercial property insurance, including farm and ranch insurance and farm and ranch owners insurance;
(3) personal and commercial casualty insurance, except as provided by Section 2251.004;
(4) medical professional liability insurance;
(5) fidelity, guaranty, and surety bonds other than criminal court appearance bonds;
(6) personal umbrella insurance;
(7) personal liability insurance;
(8) guaranteed auto protection (GAP) insurance;
(9) involuntary unemployment insurance;
(10) financial guaranty insurance;
(11) inland marine insurance;
(12) rain insurance;
(13) hail insurance on farm crops;
(14) personal and commercial automobile insurance;
(15) multi-peril insurance; and
(16) identity theft insurance issued under Chapter 706.
(c) Sections 2251.008, 2251.052, 2251.101, 2251.102, 2251.103, 2251.104, 2251.105, and 2251.107 do not apply to a Lloyd's plan or a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange with respect to commercial property insurance, inland marine insurance, rain insurance, or hail insurance on farm crops.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 3B.071(a), eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 9.071(a), eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 312 (S.B. 1554), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 42 (S.B. 1367), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
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Insurance Code
- Tex. Ins. Code § 2251.0031EXCEPTIONS FOR CERTAIN LINES.Printed as Section 2251.0031
- Tex. Ins. Code § 2251.004REGULATION OF INLAND MARINE RATES.Printed as Section 2251.004
- Tex. Ins. Code § 2251.008ANNUAL REPORT OF INSURER; LEGISLATIVE REPORT.Printed as Sections 2251.008, 2251.052, 2251.101, 2251.102, 2251.103, 2251.104, 2251.105, and 2251.107
- Tex. Ins. Code § 2251.052RATE STANDARDS.Printed as Sections 2251.008, 2251.052, 2251.101, 2251.102, 2251.103, 2251.104, 2251.105, and 2251.107
- Tex. Ins. Code § 2251.101RATE FILINGS AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION.Printed as Sections 2251.008, 2251.052, 2251.101, 2251.102, 2251.103, 2251.104, 2251.105, and 2251.107
- Tex. Ins. Code § 2251.102FILING REQUIREMENTS FOR INSURERS WITH LESS THAN FIVE PERCENT OF MARKET.Printed as Sections 2251.008, 2251.052, 2251.101, 2251.102, 2251.103, 2251.104, 2251.105, and 2251.107
- Tex. Ins. Code § 2251.103COMMISSIONER ACTION CONCERNING RATE FILING NOT YET IN EFFECT; HEARING AND ANALYSIS.Printed as Sections 2251.008, 2251.052, 2251.101, 2251.102, 2251.103, 2251.104, 2251.105, and 2251.107
- Tex. Ins. Code § 2251.104COMMISSIONER DISAPPROVAL OF RATE IN EFFECT; HEARING.Printed as Sections 2251.008, 2251.052, 2251.101, 2251.102, 2251.103, 2251.104, 2251.105, and 2251.107
- Tex. Ins. Code § 2251.105GRIEVANCE.Printed as Sections 2251.008, 2251.052, 2251.101, 2251.102, 2251.103, 2251.104, 2251.105, and 2251.107
- Tex. Ins. Code § 2251.107PUBLIC INFORMATION.Printed as Sections 2251.008, 2251.052, 2251.101, 2251.102, 2251.103, 2251.104, 2251.105, and 2251.107
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